Tenny Svensson | |
Fullname: | Tenny Svensson |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1952 |
Birth Place: | Enslöv, Sweden |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 34–84 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 117 (15 Oct 1973) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1974, 1975, 1979) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1973, 1975) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1975) |
Doublesrecord: | 32–75 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1976, 1977) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1973) |
Usopendoublesresult: | QF (1975) |
Tenny Svensson (born 21 September 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Svensson played a 77-game opening round match against American John Andrews at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships, which he won 18–16 in the fifth set. The match went for 3 hours and 50 minutes.[1] In his next match, against Onny Parun, he had to retire hurt in the second set.[2] He made the quarter-finals in the men's doubles at the 1975 US Open, with Armistead Neely.[3] Also in 1975, Svensson had a win over Björn Borg in a WCT tournament in Stockholm.[4]
In the 1978 Davis Cup competition he represented the Sweden team in three ties. This included the Europe Zone final against Hungary, which Sweden won.[5]
He won the Scandinavian Indoor Championships in 1979.
Now he works in a tennis hall, called SALK-hallen, and is a coach.